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UTI POSSIDETIS, 



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STATUS QUO 



POLITICAL SATIRE. 



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PAINTED FOB JOHN JOSEPH STOCKDALE, 41, PALL MALL- 

1807. 



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Printed by B. M'Millan, > 
Bow Street, Covent Garden. 5 



ADVERTISEMENT. 



IN regard to the following excellent Satire, 
the Publisher has only to acknowledge, that it was 
first published in the Anti-Jacobin Heview and 
Magazine for March, and was dated 5th Febru- 
ary. As several gentlemen have ascribed the 
celebrated Poem of " All the Talents" to the 
author of " Elijah's Mantle" the Publisher 
takes this opportunity of stating, that such con* 
jecture is entirely without foundation. 

41, Pall Mall, 
4th April, 1807. 



THE 



UTI POSSIDETIS, 



AND 



STATUS QU 



YE Ministers of Britain's State, 
Form'd of all talent, good and great, 

Like Grot i us vers'd in treaties; 
What, though abroad ye marr'd the scene. 
Tell us what 'tis at home you mean 

By th* uti possidetis ? 



THE UTI POSSIDETIS, 



Is it that you possess the store 
Of merit that you had before 

You took the public duty ? 
If that be all the praise you want, 
The Opposition Bench will grant 

You possidetis utL 



But, if we judge by what is past, 
Say how your merit's to be classed, 

Where worth's, where wisdom's, seat is 
Made up of strange discordant parts ? 
None, but " the Searcher of all hearts," 

Can tell quid possidetis. 



AND STATUS QUO 



4 

Was patriot Virtue erst your guide, 
Or did ye list on Factions side, 

And plead her cause ? — siletis ! 
Maidstone's and Newgate's Rolls have nam'd 
The Patriot Whigs for whom ye claim'd 

The uti possidetis. 



United now in Friendship's bands, 
What Principle connects your hands ? 

Your Union's basis show : 
Is it the Treasury's Rosy Bed ? 
Or is it — that ye view with dread 

Your wretched status quo ? 



8 THE UTI POSSIDETIS, 



6 

If on Finance you build your fame, 
To Pitt's account transfer your claim, 

To him — its state debetis : 
Last year — a woeful tale ye feign'd, 
Of " wasted funds, resources drain'd," 

A bankrupt possidetis. 



Courted by Fox in language sweet, 
Could Be neve nt refuse to treat ? 

Politeness would compel him : 
'Tis strange, that Peace should look so queerly 
On men who fraterniz'd so dearly 

At Paris, ante Bellum. 



AND STATUS QUO. 9 



8 

Tho' favour'd Yarmouth might be coaxed, 
Fox was too cunning to be hoax'd — 

Maitland a Scot discreet is ; 
From such Negotiators, say, 
How could your Basis slip away, 

Your uti possidetis ? 

9 

When Pitt's good genius bless'd the land, 

No fond regard for Talleyrand 

Mix'd with his country's duty ; 

He— for his Sovereign and the Nation 
Reserved his high Consideration, 

Nor would have left — to Implication 

Our possidetis uti. 



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10 THE UTI POSSIDETIS. 



10 

Allied to Pitt, in early day, 
Grenyille! the People mark'd your May, 

And deem'd you — his Achates ; 
With him your patriot ardour fled, 
But left one Maxim in its stead — 

Tire ut possideatis. 

11 

To you (their Treasury Baal), now, 
Whigs, neutraliz'd with Tories, bow, 

And croud to touch your shoe-tie : 
O'Connor's Friends shall praise your name, 
And future Paines and Hardys claim 

Their possidetis uti. 



AND STATUS QUO. 11 



12 

The Brissotine your hand shall kiss ! 
Spirit of Chatham ! know' st thou this ? 

Ye Pittites ! quid ridetis ? 
Grenvilles and Temples long ago 
To British Worthies gave at Stow 

The uti possidetis. 

13 

Grenville! though in your state array 
You number Windham, Petty, Grey, 

Will none of them play booty ? 
These Whigs are difficult to tame, 
They must oppose, and scout your claim 

To th' possidetis uti. 



12 



THE UTI POSSIDETIS, 



14 

Though pure your heart, and clean your hands, 
And high your rate of merit stands, 

Nil valet quod meretis, 
Some Brew'r, in rude but licens'd speech, 
Sans proof — that merit shall impeach, 

And quash your possidetis. 



15 

Grey, tutor'd long in Fox's school, 
By mild St. Vincent taught to rule > 

A loftier port will show ; 
Haply your Cabinet divide, 
Nor deign to leave your Tory side 

Their half o' th' status quo. 



AND STATUS QUO. 13 



16 

Yet Howick ! if thou'rt still the same 
As ere this alias grac'd thy name, 

What are thy merits ? tell 'era 1 
Sea-Statesman thou a-sround would'st be ! 
Z<md-Statesman thou art now at Sea ! 

Hoc statu geris Bellum. 

17 

Nurtured in Malagiuda's lap, 
Imbibing Politics with pap, 

Petty ! — thy worth we know : 
As SoLO^f sage in earliest youth, 
A Tully, e'er you shed a tooth ; 

This was your status quo. 



14 THE UTI POSSIDETIS, 



18 

What are your state acquirements now ? 
The nimble step* — -ot graceful bow, 

To dancing nymphs a treat is : 
Ye Tellers of the Exchequer's score ! 
Count on one Tetty-tally more* 

Dum Petty possidetis, 

19 

Windham ! thy talents who can class ? 
Shall I detail 'em, or, en masse, 

With thy new levies rate 'em ? 
Though France hill off our vefran force, 
Thy Bills provide a second course 

To feed our Belli-statum. 



AND STATUS QUO* 13 



20 

Thy weather*gauge is mov'd by squalls ; 
With Im and Outs ascends and falls : 

Now at the dog-stares heat 'tis ; 
Thy schemes, in quick rotation twirl'd, 
Would change the poles, nor leave the world 

Their uti possidetis. 

21 

With Craufurd for thy bullp-bacL 
What Windmills will ye next attack/ 

What pastry overthrow ? 
Pitt's quota men, and volunteers, 
Stript of their jackets, hang their ears, 

And take their status quo. 



16 THE UTI POSSIDETIS, 



22 

Cadmus sow'd serpents' teeth of old, 
Arm'd men sprung up, and were so bold, 

No constable could quell 'em ! 
Try this ! Red-coats like prawns or shrimps, 
Arm'd at all points, shall show thy crimps 

The status ante Bellum. 

Now should Napoleon's angry host 
In Boulogne's Flota brave our coast, 

No matter where our Fleet is : 
A fig for gun-bo'-its and corvettes, 
Martello towers and martinets, 

In posse possidetis. 



AND STATUS QUO. 1»7 



24 

Pure as the fount from which itfro&e, 
Britain ! thy stream of justice flows, 

Ye vallies ! — nunc cantetis. 
Should party feuds pollute its source, 
Or Faction interrupt its course, 

Nil tanti possidetis. 

25 

Ye Bacons,* Coke, and Hakdwicke, say! 
(Juris periti of your day, 

Astute in points and cases), 
Was it on frothy declamation, 
Or deep and close investigation, 

You form'd your legal basis ? 



18 



THE UTI POSSIDETIS, 



26 

When Keeper Hatton held the Seals* 
Though he was tripping with his heels 

And light fantastic toe ; 
Bess knew, before she gave the Mace, 
That Loyalty, not less than grace, 

Conipos'd his status quo. 



Had Maidstone's Patriot sought his* aid, 
He would as soon have vouch'd for Cade \ 

Erskine and Co, — tacetis : 
Tis strange (to judge him by the sequel) 
You e'er should think his worth could equal 

Your uti possidetis. 



AND STATUS QUO, 19 



28 

When Pitt the British Senate graced, 
Erskine ! thy judgment was unbracd, 

Thy tongue forgot its duty ! 
Now Solomon must yield to thee, 
And Seymour's friend will guarantee 

Your possidetis uti, 

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Since Amiens 5 farce amus'd the land, 
Doctor, hast thou improved thy hand 

At making war or treaties ? 
With brother Hi ley at thy back, 
Which is the Statesman, which the Quack, 

Quid ambo possidetis ? 



20 



THE UTI POSSIDETIS. 



30 

With these, and Ministers like these, 
England ! canst thou be " ill at ease ? 3 

Vain are thy fears — dispel 'em ! 
With all the Talent of the Nation 
Focuss'd in Car/net concentration, 

Secure geris bellum. 



31 

And you, — ye Pilots of the Realm ! 
Trim well your sails, and mind the helm ! 

Your charge — a proud first rate is ; 
But should you wreck the nation's hope, 
O ! may her anchor lend a rope, 

Quod vos possideatis. 

THE END. 



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